Townland. It is the property of James O'Hara, Esq., Galway. The greater portion under tillage and a very large portion subject to winter floods forming part of the Turlough. The townland abounds in small forts and near its North side is Corbally house the residence of - Browne, Esq., of this townland forms a demesne. There is a Trigl. Station in its Western centre 131 feet above the sea, and the general surface of the townland and varies from 94 to 130 feet above the sea.

Situation:

It is situated 10 miles N. N.E. of Galway and about the same distance South of Tuam. It is bounded on the North by Tonamace and Corbally North, West by Annaghdown Parish, South and S.E. by Lackagh Parish, East by Bullaun.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:

A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169

Townland:

Corbally South is a townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS map of this area.(Click on place name to view original map in new window.):

Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online.(This information will display in a new window.)

Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)

Corbally South is in the civil parish of Kilmoylan Parish.

Roman Catholic parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.

Cummer

Church of Ireland parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.

Kilmoylan

In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Other Sources

Information from the Logainm database. (This information will display in a new window.):